Meatpacking plants across the US are getting back to work after production was disrupted by a weekend ransomware attack. It came just weeks after a similar attack shut down a major U.S. oil pipeline that runs through the region.
JBS, a global meat processor based in Brazil, has 84 plants in the United States - including one in Cactus, Texas.
JBS Beef in Cactus said on Facebook that there would be no production for fabrication, slaughtering or rendering on one shift on Wednesday, June 2nd.
Another shift will have regular start times for employees.
An early shift was also canceled on Wednesday at JBS' beef plant in Greeley after Sunday's cyberattack, but a later shift was scheduled to resume normally, representatives of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 7 said in an email.
U.S. beef and pork prices are already rising as China increases imports, animal feed costs rise and slaughterhouses face a dearth of workers. Analysts say any further impact on consumers will depend on how long JBS plants remain closed.
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